<p>i recently got rejected with these stats from ucdavis and i really want to go there.</p>
<p>3.6 uw gpa and 3.9 w gpa.
1750 sat score 680m 550w 520cr (yea low =[ )
690 math 2c
690 bio
major: electrical engineering 2nd: mechanical engineering
EC: i have tennis, piano, church volunteering (4yrs), 3 jobs(4yrs).
essays: they were truly me and all me. I am very proud of them. however, they aren’t outstanding and original.</p>
<p>here are my stats. i’m going to include key club, csf, and club-med(volunteering club) since i was in these during my frosh and soph years (i didn’t have time). i didn’t add them because i was afraid of having to show proof…something i couldn’t get after i was taken off the clubs’ list. also, my cousin recently got into a deadly accident a few months after apps were due and is on life support right now (i was hoping to present that). i was wondering if this is enough to appeal with. i really want to go because my few really close friends are going to attend. i know both my majors are popular and competitive.</p>
<p>can anyone give me some input into my appeal? thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Not to be rude, but what does your cousin's accident have to do with anything?</p>
<p>Personally I'd just say suck it up and look at whatever other schools accepted you. I don't think a few clubs your first two years are going to change their opinions.</p>
<p>well it would be perceived as a hardship. my cousin is on fricken life support man -_-. he has a DAI which is totally irreversible. he's practically dead in my eyes. only his left eye and leg can move at the moment and the doctors have said they can't do anything. it was the first time i saw my dad sit and cry for a long time.</p>
<p>The best way to get in is to go to community college for 2 years & then transfer in as a junior (or soph). Don't think appeals are successful unless there's a GOOD academic reason, but you can ask your GC.</p>
<p>HImom: i've been in a program at my high school for awhile now. this program is located on the campus of a community college so i can take CC classes while i take my minimum HS classes. i really do not like it here right now. i definitley do not want to do this for ANOTHER two years =.</p>
<p>with your stats you should've had a decent chance at getting into ucdavis.
the reason you may have been rejected was probably due to your majors. i would recommend calling davis's admissions office and asking them for an opinion.</p>
<p>the cousin thing...well how old is your cousin? if you could genuinely write an essay where you talk about how your cousin's near death experience has taught you to value your life and dreams and goals.
since you dont' have any hardship that would explain the sats (your weakest stat i'd say) then the angle for you to appeal from is that you have new inspiration and drive to work hard.</p>
<p>hey man you should definately try to appeal. it doesn't hurt to try. if you truly want to go to davis...don't give up and appeal for sure. you have the grades. i mean i had around the same gpa as you and my sat's were only a llittle higher and i got in. and about your cousin...im very sorry to hear what happened to him. i don't know if it will help since it happened after apps. but maybe if you live near davis you could say you want to "stay near him as long as possible" or something. overall, appeal!! don't just give up. i didn't get into ucsd and i don't even think i'm ucsd material but i'm still appealing. i really hope you try</p>
<p>yea i'm going to direct my cousin's accident to tie with my newfound thirst for education. i used to not care as much, but now i am overwhelmingly obsessesed about college. being rejected in MANY places, my ego has been hit pretty badly lately :[. some rejections don't even make sense.</p>
<p>i STRONGLY suggest that you appeal so that you won't have any regret later and plus there's no harm in doing so. my teacher told me today that he had a student last year who got rejected from UCD but he really wanted to go there so he asked my teacher to write him the the recommendation as a part of the appeal. and guess what? he got in! so dont lose hope! ask a close teacher to write you a letter to boost up your chances. do whatever you can. best of luck. let us know if you got in!</p>
<p>alright! bringing this thread back alive xD. This time i would like to request more specific help =].</p>
<p>i'm going to try to appeal to UC Davis. I need some help finding special programs or traits UC Davis has to offer to benefit my career in Electrical Engineering. </p>
<p>so far i'm going to talk about...
-the true college town
-the social factor helping my career (engineers are known not to communicate well)
-living close to come home and help my sister in high school
-my interest in the leadership there (great student body)
-me wanting to take a part of The Dungeon? (not sure about this)
-the absurd amount of alumnis in my family </p>
<p>is there anything else i can talk about? i've been trying to find more aspects of ucd i would be interested in. does anyone know if there are any special aspects of the engineering school there that i can talk about?</p>
<p>try to get a teacher recommendation. that scores major points. and talk about how you have kept up your senior year grades and are still working hard (hopefully you haven't slacked too much)</p>
<p>well i've been slacking so...no chance in that. however, i DO have a teacher recommendation. he is a former aggie so i hope that gets me points =]. BTW, should i talk about informal information about the engineering college? things such as wanting to experience The Dungeon. I've been looking around on ucdavis's website and i'm going to integrate the recreation/athletics davis has to offer. i enjoy a wide range of sports, and the intramural sports program seems awesome!</p>
<p>"so far i'm going to talk about...
-the true college town
-the social factor helping my career (engineers are known not to communicate well)
-living close to come home and help my sister in high school
-my interest in the leadership there (great student body)
-me wanting to take a part of The Dungeon? (not sure about this)
-the absurd amount of alumnis in my family"</p>
<p>I don't think all of these would help you in your appeal. You are talking about what you want, not exactly something they care much for. They want to see some vital objective information that you have left out on the application like your involvment in an extracurricular activity or something. From what I see on this list, it just seems like you're saying "Yes, I was rejected, but I really, really, REALLY want to go to your campus. Would you please let me in? By the way, I have alumnis in the family too." There should be a bit more substance than that. Anyway, I think you should have gotten in the first time around, but you might want to spend a little more time with your grounds of appeal.</p>
<p>yea that's the problem with my appeal. there wasn't much information missing and i honestly believe i have a chance of getting this appeal (i kinda believe i should've gotten in the first time around too...). Davis also prioritizes the "need" to go to davis, which is why i will be talking about wanting to live close to my family so i can spend time with them and help my sister out. however, i believe my SAT scores were missed since i took them december (scores were sent out late and it only says "planned" on my application). i also am including a few clubs i never mentioned in my application: csf, club-med, key club (look at first post). What do you think would be the best thing to talk about in terms of academics?</p>
<p>From your first post of stats, the first thing that jumped out at me is the job. You've had 3 jobs for 4 years, that's quite tough. Juggling that with school work is not an easy task. I would probably go further on that. As for academics, you could incorporate the fact that your job made it harder to focus on academics. Of course, I don't know if this truly is the case, but that's the primary angle I would attack it from.</p>
<p>For the clubs, I would add them, but not put so much emphasis on them if you were never that dedicated to the club. And as a previous poster pointed out, the teacher rec. could prove to make or break your appeal. </p>
<p>I think you should also ask for help from your school counselor too. They should know a great deal about appealing.</p>
<p>thanks for your input so far beastmaster. i appreciate it a lot. the jobs never interfered with my education. in fact, i started outcasting myself junior year to get better grades. i jumped from getting a 3.3 sophomre year to getting a 3.83 jr year. there's an upward trend in grades and an upward trend in work hours, haha =P. i've been trying to find out information by reading the many pages davis has and forum-ing. my school has a piece of shhhhh counseling system. i know 200x more than they do about anything related to college. it saddens me a lot :[. i think it's a san jose public school thing?</p>
<p>You really need to find out more about the academic program at UCD, and focus on that as much as you can. Think up some questions to ask. I am not knowledgeable about engineering so perhaps someone in the major could chime in here and suggest some good questions. The admissions office is going to care most about what you will bring as a student and not what extra cirriculars you want at your school.</p>